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The other day I took my Shchors out with a division mate to drink some tea and burn things. At the start of the battle A Cleveland set me on fire, before disappearing behind an island. Since the HE threat was gone.....I foolishly hit repair. A moment later a Nelson drove around an island about 15km away, and he was most defiantly aiming for my juicy broadside. I frantically tried to angle away, but then I noticed he was firing HE. I chuckled to myself and let out of a sigh of relief, his HE can hurt me......but at least he can't delete me. Then the shells landed.....

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I was set on fire in two places, and with my damage con on cool down I knew I was going to burn to death. I was frantically looking around to see if there was another BB that had hit me......and then I as I died I noticed the Nelson had gotten credit for a devastating strike. In a state of shock I asked the Nelson what happened, and he informed me he had landed 3 citadels. By the time the shells landed I was actually fairly steeply angled as well. I knew the Nelson had strong HE....but I didn't know it was that strong.

The other day I took my Shchors out with a division mate to drink some tea and burn things. At the start of the battle A Cleveland set me on fire, before disappearing behind an island. Since the HE threat was gone.....I foolishly hit repair. A moment later a Nelson drove around an island about 15km away, and he was most defiantly aiming for my juicy broadside. I frantically tried to angle away, but then I noticed he was firing HE. I chuckled to myself and let out of a sigh of relief, his HE can hurt me......but at least he can't delete me. Then the shells landed.....

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I was set on fire in two places, and with my damage con on cool down I knew I was going to burn to death. I was frantically looking around to see if there was another BB that had hit me......and then I as I died I noticed the Nelson had gotten credit for a devastating strike. In a state of shock I asked the Nelson what happened, and he informed me he had landed 3 citadels. By the time the shells landed I was actually fairly steeply angled as well. I knew the Nelson had strong HE....but I didn't know it was that strong.

Its called Over Powered. The He pen mechanics are "special to brits only" Enjoy the Brits now for awhile at least until the next latest greatest ship line comes along and they get hit with the nerf hammer.

Not entirely true, HE shells can only citadel if they make direct contact with the actual citadel itself, meaning if you angle it should in theory prevent citadels entirely as the shells would simply detonate on the bow/stern or deck. In my case this means that I probably wasn't angled enough and three shells landed on my belt....or it's possible the Nelson's HE's blast radios is so large angling doesn't matter. *But I'm not entirely sure on how blast radii works in game.

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Not entirely true, HE shells can only citadel if they make direct contact with the actual citadel itself, meaning if you angle it should in theory prevent citadels entirely as the shells would simply detonate on the bow/stern or deck. In my case this means that I probably wasn't angled enough and three shells landed on my belt....or it's possible the Nelson's HE's blast radios is so large angling doesn't matter. *But I'm not entirely sure on how blast radii works in game.

The Brit he shells have a bigger radius from what I have heard.

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OK, but three AP citadels would have dev struck you just as hard - harder, in fact, there wouldn't have been those two ticks of fire damage for you to say your prayers. And (unless the short fusing prevents this) 406 mm AP can find your citadel from almost any angle, since the Shchors is basically made of overmatch.

It is not that I doubt your point that British BB HE is bad news if you are a cruiser. But is it any worse news than battleship AP, British or otherwise? I'm not convinced you weren't right to begin with: if I'm in a cruiser, and an at- or higher-tier battleship is shooting at me, wouldn't I still prefer it be HE?

Still, I would love to see some training room comparisons if any are so inclined.

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OK, but three AP citadels would have dev struck you just as hard - harder, in fact, there wouldn't have been those two ticks of fire damage for you to say your prayers. And (unless the short fusing prevents this) 406 mm AP can find your citadel from almost any angle, since the Shchors is basically made of overmatch.

It is not that I doubt your point that British BB HE is bad news if you are a cruiser. But is it any worse news than battleship AP, British or otherwise? I'm not convinced you weren't right to begin with: if I'm in a cruiser, and an at- or higher-tier battleship is shooting at me, wouldn't I still prefer it be HE?

Still, I would love to see some training room comparisons if any are so inclined.

Oh I'm not denying that fact. This was by no means meant to be a whine or complaint thread, I just got devastating striked by HE in a Tier 7 cruiser, and thought it was something interesting enough to warrant sharing.

The other day I took my Shchors out with a division mate to drink some tea and burn things. At the start of the battle A Cleveland set me on fire, before disappearing behind an island. Since the HE threat was gone.....I foolishly hit repair. A moment later a Nelson drove around an island about 15km away, and he was most defiantly aiming for my juicy broadside. I frantically tried to angle away, but then I noticed he was firing HE. I chuckled to myself and let out of a sigh of relief, his HE can hurt me......but at least he can't delete me. Then the shells landed.....

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I was set on fire in two places, and with my damage con on cool down I knew I was going to burn to death. I was frantically looking around to see if there was another BB that had hit me......and then I as I died I noticed the Nelson had gotten credit for a devastating strike. In a state of shock I asked the Nelson what happened, and he informed me he had landed 3 citadels. By the time the shells landed I was actually fairly steeply angled as well. I knew the Nelson had strong HE....but I didn't know it was that strong.

I like the ship. The HE is quite nasty. It pays heavily for it with its high citadel, poor AP, and middling AA though. I actually got a pair of citadels on a Nelson at 20K in Bismarck of all things. I did a double-take. I don't think I've ever citadelled another BB at that range in Bismarck. Another interesting issue I learned last night is that Nelson seems to be fairly vulnerable to Enterprise's AP bombs. I blew through 2/3 of its health in one pass. That surprised me.